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From: flynn@oscvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: atari marketing, or how commodore messed up again
Message-ID: <516@oscvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Sep-87 12:34:14 EDT
Article-I.D.: oscvax.516
Posted: Wed Sep 30 12:34:14 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 1-Oct-87 06:44:45 EDT
References: <5529@sunybcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: flynn@oscvax.UUCP (Flynn D. Fishman)
Organization: Ontario Science Centre, Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <5529@sunybcs.UUCP> ugmiker@sunybcs.UUCP (Michael Reilly) writes:
>>"the Amiga 500 is being marketted by (sound trumpets TA-Da-Da!!) K-MART!!
>> in Canada
Also soon to be in Canadian Tire (CANADA ONLY)
>>"...{a whole bunch of lines taken out to shorten the letter}
>
>... A large flame deleted...... About how Commodore is making a big
> mistake by selling the Amiga in K-Mart.
>
>						Mike(r)

I thought I might clarify somethings before Commodore gets destroyed by
angry shoppers.

Firstly Commodore Canada and Commodore US are different entities when it
comes to marketing.  In fact Commodore Canada did not have as a serious
problem with their dealers as did the US.  Because of this in Canada there
is a very strong Dealer base, and there is no (major) problems going into
mass merchandising.

In the US, however, there is not as strong a base.  Because there is not a
strong dealer base in the US it would be suicide for Commodore US to go to
the mass merchandisers, fortunately commodore knows this and have no plans
to go to the mass merchandisers in the US (at last word, last week).  So
all southerners have nothing to worry about.

p.s. Not only is Commodore Canada unique in its marketing we also got the
	 Amiga 2000, Sidecar and PC-Clones before you (about a year and a half
	 for the clones).

p.p.s Anybody have any suggestions for my last posting concerning external
	  characters and return values being trashed in large programs.

Flynn D. Fishman
  {ihnp4!....}utzoo!oscvax!flynn


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